Most of the local establishments that I've visited that have DIRECTV use IR remotes. Some they have chained down at the booth and others are kept behind the "bar". Of course none of the establishments around here have anywhere near 30 DIRECTV receivers as DIRECTV doesn't offer Pac-12 requiring that Comcast (or DISH) be part of the mix. YMMV.
If they use IR remotes they don't need RF. If they use IP they don't need RF. There is not much point to RF remotes in a bar/restaurant because having a dedicated remote per TV would be totally unwieldy if you have more than a half dozen or so TVs.
Great find!
Back to the original survey at the beginning of this thread it did mention a wireless 4K receiver.
A Dongle.. Interesting
The rebranded Ospreys only say Directv on them.. Reading into the name a little too much
I didn't consider that. My bad.
I didn't know that. I thought the latest models of the C71KW still had the AT&T Globe on the front. I saw a 2022 manufacturing date on ones listed on ebay that still had the globe.
The product label (as opposed to the front panel artwork) is an element of the FCC approval so I'm a little surprised that they could tinker with it.
P for pendant.
Looks like all of the info isn’t up yet but looks like it may be available soon. I think there will still be the $7 fee. Hopefully if you want one they won’t saddle you with a 2 year contract.
So this Gemini device has an ethernet port but you have to have it wired via an ethernet coax adaptor to coax and can’t just use an ethernet cable to your router. But if you use Wi-Fi you only have to connect to your house Wi-Fi.
